sled dog racing

A story about Alaska's 1,049 mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome through the eyes of the lead dog Kiana.

Even though he is the runt of the litter from her father's prize sled-racing dog, ten-year-old Rachel plans to train her puppy to become a champion racer and determines to track him down when he mysteriously disappears.

Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.

Akiak the sled dog refuses to give up after being injured during the Iditarod sled dog race.

Relates the story of a fifteen-year-old Alaskan boy and his dogs as they prepare for and then run the 158-mile course of the Junior Iditarod Race.